A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo in El Salvador on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 15:55:22 / February 21, 2018 @ 3:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.72 km (31 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d5w9. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5w9. The temblor was picked up at 09:55:22 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 49.72 km, -88.8559° West, 12.6114° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Usulután, Jiquilisco, Puerto El Triunfo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puerto El Triunfo (c. 19 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Jiquilisco (c. 9 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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